What means dumbed down?

transitive verb. : to lower the level of difficulty and the intellectual content of (something, such as a textbook) also : to lower the general level of intelligence in the dumbing down of society.

What’s another word for dumbing down?

What is another word for dumbing down?

downplaying oversimplifying
simplifying trivialisingUK
trivializingUS

Are colleges dumbing down?

Grade Inflation Occurring at Colleges His research found that the average GPA at public schools is 3.0 (with many flagship state schools having average GPAs higher than 3.2) while private colleges’ GPA average is 3.3. Is that claim that colleges are being “dumbed down” disturbing? Yes.

What does farm it out mean?

1 : to turn over for performance by another usually under contract farm out a job. 2a : to put (someone, such as a child) into the hands of another for care. b : to send (an athlete, such as a baseball player) to a farm team. 3 : to exhaust (land) by farming especially by continuously raising one crop.

What Streamline means?

: to design or make (something, such as a boat or car) with a smooth shape which makes motion through water or air easier. : to make (something) simpler, more effective, or more productive. More from Merriam-Webster on streamline.

What layman terms mean?

: simple language that anyone can understand The process was explained to us in layman’s terms.

What are the 5 types of farming?

1. Subsistence farming:-

  • Intensive subsistence farming:-
  • Primitive subsistence farming:-
  • Shifting cultivation:-
  • Commercial grain farming:-
  • Commercial mixed farming:-
  • Commercial plantation farming:-

What does it mean to farm someone?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfarm somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1 to send work to other people instead of doing it yourself to The processing will be farmed out to people in local villages.

What is streamline and its importance?

1 : the path of a particle in a fluid relative to a solid body past which the fluid is moving in smooth flow without turbulence. 2a : a contour designed to minimize resistance to motion through a fluid (such as air) b : a smooth or flowing line designed as if for decreasing air resistance.

What is a streamline process?

A streamlined process means fewer errors and delays. You probably use dozens of business processes every day. For example, you may go through the same steps each time you generate a report, resolve a customer complaint, contact a new client, or manufacture a new product.

What is a layman approach?

What is an example of layman’s terms?

In layman’s terms, the defendant is the person who is accused of the crime. The defendant, or in layman’s terms, the person who is accused of the crime, entered the courtroom. As the defendant entered the courtroom, Ellen asked me to explain the proceedings in layman’s terms.